Scrapbook 2
Seymour Nussenbaum: My Life in the Army 9
Scrapbook 2: December 1944 - September 1946
"On August 14, 1945, the news that we were all so anxiously awaiting finally came! The war was over and the cease fire order had been given! Words cannot express what we felt at that moment."
– Seymour Nussenbaum: My Life in the Army scrapbook
"Reminiscent of Europe was the show that the fellows put on at the Service Club. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to work on it."
"On August 14, 1945, the news that we were all so anxiously awaiting finally came! The war was over and the cease fire order had been given! Words cannot express what we felt at that moment."
"We had been scheduled to go to the Pacific, so our glee was twofold. Now all we had to do was wait for the points to be lowered and we'd get out of the army! It was truly a great day!"
"On August 18 I got a pass to Sharon Springs, N.Y. where Dad, Mom, and Al were staying for their vacations. I went there by Greyhound Bus ... I had a nice weekend at Sharon with the folks, and a happy one, since we now knew that it was only a matter of a short time until I would be home again."
"On August 27, Coleman Varady and I got a pass to Canada. We hitch-hiked up to Clayton, N.Y. ... we took a Boat Tour to Canada through the Thousand Islands."
Map of Nussenbaum's travels from Pine Camp to the H & S Company farewell party in Brownsville. The dotted line is the bus route to Sharon Springs.
Newspaper articles from September 1945 about the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the work they did in the war
More articles came out in October 1945 about the Ghost Army's campaigns.
A 1950 article about the Ghost Army, with photos of the decoy Sherman and landing craft tanks.
More images from the 1950 Ghost Army article, including decoy Sherman tank and British army lorry